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Atlas 5

Atlas 5 and Delta 4 achieve milestones in parallel on the same morning

January 12, 2017 Justin Ray

Critical operations were completed this morning by United Launch Alliance at Cape Canaveral to prepare two rockets for upcoming flights into space.

Atlas 5

Photos: EchoStar 19 satellite mounted atop Atlas 5 rocket

December 16, 2016 Justin Ray

A satellite to provide residential Internet services across the U.S. was hoisted aboard its United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 booster on Saturday, Dec. 10 in preparation for liftoff on Sunday, Dec. 18.

Delta 4

U.S. military communications satellite moved to pad for Dec. 7 launch into space

November 21, 2016 Justin Ray

The next satellite to launch from Cape Canaveral — an essential communications satellite for the U.S. military and allied nations — was moved to the pad and mounted atop its Delta 4 rocket today.

Atlas 5

Advanced weather bird mounted atop Atlas 5 rocket for launch into space

November 9, 2016 Justin Ray

The opening volley in the transformation of U.S. weather forecasting was mounted atop its ride to space today for the planned Nov. 19 launch that begins an $11 billion upgrade in the nation’s meteorology capability.

Atlas 5

Photos: Asteroid probe encapsulated, mounted atop Atlas 5 for launch

September 7, 2016 Justin Ray

Technicians inched the two halves of the Atlas 5’s aluminum nose cone around NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to package the asteroid sample return probe, then moved the satellite to the rocket’s assembly building and hoisted it aboard the two-stage booster during the final days of August for the Sept. 8 launch.

Atlas 5

Probe hoisted aboard launcher to leave Earth next week on asteroid adventure

August 29, 2016 Justin Ray

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft today moved a step closer to starting a voyage to explore an uncharted world in our solar system — the mountain-sized Asteroid Bennu — by joining the booster rocket that will propel it from Earth next week.

Delta 4

Photos and video: Payload hoisted atop Delta 4 for upcoming launch

August 12, 2016 Justin Ray

The two Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program, or GSSAP, satellites for the U.S. military are mounted aboard the United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket. Liftoff is planned for Aug. 19 from Cape Canaveral.

Delta 4

Air Force satellite duo mated to Delta 4 rocket for next week’s launch

August 9, 2016 Justin Ray

Two space informants to track objects in geosynchronous orbit have been mounted atop their Delta 4 launch vehicle for liftoff Aug. 19.

Atlas 5

Photos: Payload with whimsical logo painted on nose cone lifted atop Atlas

July 26, 2016 Justin Ray

Already shrouded in the Atlas 5 rocket’s Extra Extended Payload Fairing (XEPF) aluminum nose cone, the National Reconnaissance Office’s NROL-61 satellite was delivered to Cape Canaveral’s Vertical Integration Facility on Tuesday, July 19 and lifted aboard the United Launch Alliance vehicle for flight.

Atlas 5

Secret NRO satellite mounted atop Atlas 5 rocket for July 28 launch

July 19, 2016 Justin Ray

Crews hoisted a covert spacecraft atop an Atlas 5 booster rocket this morning for its trek into an equatorial orbit next week.

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News Headlines

  • Live coverage: SpaceX to surpass 2024 orbital launch record with Saturday Starlink mission
    October 24, 2025
  • Airbus, Leonardo and Thales agree to form new European company
    October 24, 2025
  • SpaceX expends Falcon 9 booster to launch Spainsat NG 2 communications satellite
    October 23, 2025
  • SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on 550th Falcon 9 mission
    October 22, 2025
  • SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg
    October 18, 2025
  • SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket on record-breaking 31st flight
    October 18, 2025
  • Orion spacecraft arrives at VAB ahead of stacking for Artemis 2
    October 17, 2025
  • SpaceX sends 28 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit in predawn launch
    October 15, 2025
  • SpaceX launches 2nd batch of satellites for Space Development Agency following weather scrub
    October 14, 2025
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    October 14, 2025
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